Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Lib-Lab, lumping everyone in together and all that nonsense—ignoring the fact that they held up the passage of the housing bill for months through their unholy alliance with the coalition. That coalition was fine, apparently, but any other situation is not.

The answer I have given shows that we have a clear commitment to funding of public schools. Many of us on this side of the chamber have a personal commitment to that as well—in fact, I think all of us do. And that's where we're up to in the negotiations with the states and territories now. If what you're looking for is another opportunity to say that the Liberals are the same as Labor, you might have to try bit harder!